Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Chronological Table Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 The Dictionary Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 About the Author
Harvey Chisick was born in London, England, in 1946. With his family he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he attended elementary and secondary schools, and did his B.A. He received his doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of a number of books and articles on the social and intellectual history of the eighteenth century.
Scarecrow's Enlightenment volume provides an impressive and useful
overview of an age valued for its commitment to progress, science,
reason, taste, and virtue, but the author does not pretend that the
era always lived up to those ideals....wonderfully
useful...Recommended.
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Given the author's depth of knowledge, engaging and lively writing
style, and good feel for the time period...this is a recommended
purchase for all libraries...
*Library Journal*
This dictionary is highly recommended...
*American Reference Books Annual*
The entries are clear, factual, reflect modern scholarship (and
attitudes) and will explain matters to the user as well as just
impart information. Students at various levels (but especially
senior school and undergraduate) will find the content
invaluable...
*s, Vol. 20 No. 6 (2006)*
...focuses on the Enlightenment as an intellectual movement that
played a key role in the culture of Europe in the years between
roughly 1687 and 1789. In addition to an extensively
cross-referenced dictionary, the text includes a detailed
introduction covering the paradigms of Enlightenment thought, the
key values and assumptions of the period, its social dimensions,
and how new problems grew from solutions to previous problems. The
text also features a chronological chart of the progression of the
movement, and a substantial bibliography, categorized by
subject.
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